The data you retrieved was more unsettling than you anticipated. Somewhere within the Echo Protocol's experiments lurked a new type of operative—one enhanced beyond normal human limits. Your system buzzed urgently as you pieced together fragmented files, sketches, and reports.
The Profile
Codename: Spectre
Abilities: Heightened reflexes, near-invisibility in shadows, and an uncanny ability to predict opponents' moves.
You felt the chill of recognition. This wasn't just another mercenary — it was something far more dangerous.
The Encounter
While investigating a tip about Spectre's last known location, you found yourself in a deserted underground parking garage. Your senses were on high alert, heart steady.
Suddenly, a whisper cut through the silence:
"You're trespassing where you don't belong."
From the shadows emerged a figure, movements fluid and ghost-like.
The Battle
Spectre attacked with blinding speed. Your Adaptation talent flared to life, analysing and countering moves you'd never seen before.
Your system logged every strike, every evasion:
[Combat XP +1200]
[Innate Talent Adaptation Progress: 15% → 19%]
The fight was a brutal dance of skill and survival. Spectre's ability to anticipate your moves challenged you like never before.
Narrow Escape
Just as you seemed to gain the upper hand, Spectre vanished into thin air, leaving behind a cryptic warning:
"This city belongs to us. Stay out, or become another ghost."
You barely escaped with your life, heart pounding but resolve unshaken.
A New Mission
Back in your hideout, you knew the stakes had risen dramatically. The Echo Protocol was deploying operatives like Spectre to enforce their control.
Your system rewarded you once more:
[Level Up Achieved]
[Stat Points Earned: 6]
You allocated points evenly again, with a slight increase in Luck, trusting it might help in encounters with foes who could predict your moves.
The Road Ahead
The city was changing, and so were the threats within it.
But so were you.
Your Adaptation was becoming your greatest weapon.